PASSAIC, NJ — A fisherman got a surpr⛦ise when he hooked a fish in a northern New Jersey lake.
His 10-inch catch turned out to be a pacu, which is a gentler cousin of piranhas found in South America’s Amazon River.
The fish Tom Boylan landed in Passaic’s Third Ward Veterans Memorial Park had .
He turned to an aquarium supply store💫 for answers.
Absolutely Fish manager Pat Egan tells someone most likely had the pacu in🦩 🅰their fish tank and dumped it when it became too big.
Egan says the store doesn’t sell the fish because they can grow up to 4 feet long. Pacus eat vegetation and nuts unlike piranhas, which will feed on flesh.